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Braiding Attachment for Sewing-Machines.
Patent for an "attachment to the pressure-foot of sewing machines to carry a tinsel or braid in proper position relative to the needle" (lines 15-17) to ensure the tinsel or braid is fully attached to the desired outline on the cloth. Patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 7, 1897
Creator:
Tynes, Minor Eugene
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-coupling.
Patent for a new and improved car coupling of the Janney type that increases "efficiency in service and enable[s] an operator at the side of the train to readily and with safety set the improved car-coupling to disconnect it from another of the same style" (lines 11-14), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 21, 1897
Creator:
Smith, Thomas Henry.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bridle.
Patent for "improved means for detachably connecting blinds to bridles, whereby the bridle may be used with or without the blinds," and also "to provide a combined double box-loop and blind." (Lines 13-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 12, 1897
Creator:
Mayes, David H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check - Book
Patent for a new and useful improvements in check-book for " customer's use, such as are employed by banks for free distribution" (line 11 - 13).
Date:
November 2, 1897
Creator:
Exline, Marcus P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bolt Lock for Railways
Patent for a new and useful improvements in bolt locks for railways. This invention is to "provide a simple, durable, and effective device of this class" (line 13-14).
Date:
December 21, 1897
Creator:
Herrin, Lemuel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle
Patent for a new and useful improvements in bottles. This invention is to "provide an improved vessel of this class the neck of which is formed in such manner and provided with attachments so constructed that when the vessel has been filled and the attachment applied the vessel may be emptied of its contents, but cannot be refilled or reused" (line 12- 18).
Date:
December 14, 1897
Creator:
Saunders, David Robert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie Machine.
Patent to for a machine to make and count bale-ties, "...to manufacture at small cost machines which will be compact, not taking up much space, and which will e simple in construction and durable" (lines 10-13). It includes an extensive explanation and illustrations.
Date:
August 17, 1896
Creator:
Harry, Owen K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for a baling-press meant to bale cotton. In this machine, "the power as applied to the plunger is increased in proportion to the resistance offered by the material being baled and whereby the forward movement of the plunger is automatically checked at the limit of its path and is returned to its initial positioin without effort upon the part of the operator" (lines 10-17).
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Anderson, Alva E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for "baling-presses of that class wherein motion is communicated to the plunger from a sweep operated by horse or similar power, and the object in view is to improve the construction of the baling-chamber and attachments, and, furthermore, to provide a simple and efficient construction of plunger-operating mechanism" (lines 8-15)
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Pearce, William J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for an improvement to machinery to wind fibrous materials (e.g., cotton) into cylindrical bales that does not use a core or fixed horizontal rollers.
Date:
March 30, 1897
Creator:
Ross, William Andrew
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for a baling press intended to work with hay, cotton and similar material, and form bales of many different sizes.
Date:
June 18, 1897
Creator:
Murphy, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for an operating mechanism relating to baling-presses, with illustrations.
Date:
July 13, 1897
Creator:
Lane, Jefferson D. & James, Will S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History